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Webster 1913 Edition
Unicursal
Uˊni-cur′sal
,Adj.
[
Uni-
+ L. currere
, cursum
, to run.] (Geom.)
That can be passed over in a single course; – said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter θ.
☞ As θ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of θ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of θ. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc., are unicursal.
Definition 2024
unicursal
unicursal
English
Adjective
unicursal (not comparable)
- Being composed entirely of a single continuous path or line
Noun
unicursal (plural unicursals)
- An object or figure composed entirely of a single continuous path or line (e.g. a turf maze)
Related terms
- multicursal
- unicursally